Toothbrush-container



E. M. PETERS AND P. VIL-ARBO.

TooTHBRusH CONTAINER: APPLI'CATION FILED JULY 2.1920.

l ,$80,246. Patented May 31, 19,21.

IIIIIIIIIIIII 1 EDWARD M. PETERS, 0F MEDEORD, AND :PAUL VILARIDO, 0F SOMERVIILLE, MASSA- I CHUSETTS.

` TOOTI-IBRUSH-CONTAINER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 31, 1921.

Application filed July 2, 1920. Serial No. 393,501.

To all whom t may concern Be it known that we, EDWARD M. PETERS, of the city of Medford, and PAUL VILARDO, of the city of Somerville, both in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, citizens of the United States, have jointly invented a certain new and Improved Type of Toothbrush-Container, of which the following is a speciiication.

The present invention relates to improvements in tooth brush and cleansing material containers, and has for an object to provide a compact device for containing a tooth brush and paste or other cleansing material which will be peculiarly adapted to be utilized as a part of fa travelers equipment, while at the same time providingr a container that will at all times and under all conditions remain sanitary and which will hold the tooth brush normally in a retracted, sealed and covered position, although permitting its ready projection to a. position of use.

Another object of the invention is to support the tooth paste or other tooth cleansing material in conjunction with the tooth brush holder and in compact association therewith where it will not be apt to spill over or become otherwise wasted, ready access being at all times had to the material for purposes of use.

further object of the invention resides in providing an improved tooth brush and cleansing material container of a simple and economical construction adapted to effectively hold a tooth brush for use and to permit of the removal and replacement of the brush whenever required and in a similar way to allow of the substitution of fresh containers of thel cleansing material from time to time as previous containers are eX- hausted.

With the foregoing and other objects in View, the invention will be more fully described hereinafter, and will be more particularly pointed out in the claims appended hereto.

ln the drawings, wherein like symbols refer to like or corresponding parts throughout the several views,

Figure 1 is a top plan View of an improved container constructed according to the present invention;

F ig. 2 is a side view of the same;

Fig. 3 is a longitudinal central sectional View taken vertically through the container and shown in Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is a transverse sectional view taken on thefvline 4 4 in Fig. 3;

Fig. 5 is a Similar view taken on the line 5-5 also in Fig. 3; and

Fig. 6 is a cross sectional view taken on the line 6-6 in Fig. 3.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, 11 designates a container of tubular form preferably having a flattened intermediate portion and being generally of a length and shape to receive a tooth brush 12 shown in Fig. 3 to lie wholly therewithin'. The handle of the tooth brush 12 is supported in claws 16 and 20 spaced apart and carried by a bar 14 of substantially I-beam construction in cross section, the lower flanges of the bar being adapted to rest upon the base portion of a slide 13 that fits movably within the tube 11.

At its inner end the handle of the tooth brush 12 fits into a depression 21`made in a plate E21a which extends vertically between the upper and lower portions of the slide 13 near its inner end. Close to the plate 21a is a set screw 15 having its pointed end disposed above the claw 16 and acting, when the screw is turned down, to effectively bind the handle of the tooth brush against the claw. The set screw 15 extends upwardly and through a longitudinally extending slot 2Q made in the top ot the tube 11, the head of the set screw 15 forming an operating handle or part by means of which the slide and the tooth brush carried thereby may be moved back and torth. The slot 22 is provided with offset lateral recesses 23 and 23 which lie in opposite directions at the ends of the slot and into which the set screw may be turned to secure a lockingof the tooth brush either in the inner or the outer positions. At the forward end of the slide, as more particularly shown in Figs. 3 and 5, a coperating claw 19 is provided in association with the lower claw 20 to bear upon the upper side of the tooth brush at this point. The upper claw 19 is carried upon the lower end of a plunger rod 19' which fits within a vertically disposed cylinder 17 carried by the upper portion of the framework 14 and having contained therein' a coil spring 18, under the influence of which the claw 19 is constantly urged downwardly upon the brush. In this way the brush is held irmly between the cooper6 ating claws 19 and 2G its forward part.

The ends of the casing; l1 are cylindrical to receive at one end a screw threaded cap 24 which may be removed to tgive access at this end to the interior of the tube for the purpose of cleaning that the tube may be kept at all times in a sanitary condition, and at the other end a cap 3 of a deeper construction having the screivtrthreads l0 for engaging the tube il. internal screw threads are also provided in the cap 3 near its closed end to receive the external threads made upon a receptacle 7 for the paste, powder, or other tooth cleansing material. Jil discharge nozzle or mouth 8 is made on the receptacle 7, and this mouth or nozzle is normally closed by a threaded or other cap 9. `Within the receptacle 7 is a disk or plunA ger t having threaded engagement with a threaded shaft or bolt 5 which passes axially through the receptacle "Z and extends to the outer side of the head 2 ot the cap Where it is provided with a. head or operating part l. A nut or Washer 9J is secured to the shaft 5 between the head 2 and plunger 4 is more particularly illustrated in Fig. d, the plunger d is provided with slotted edges fi' prein erably made at diametrically opposite points in order to receive the ribs' extending in- Wardly trom the receptacle 7'.,

.ln use, the device is assembled in the con dition shown in l, 2 and 3 with the tooth brush 12 retracted Within the tubular holder il andwith the caps and 3 in place, so that a compact container is had both for the tooth brush and the cleansing1 material. llhen the use or. this device is required, the cap 8 is unscrewed from the holder il. and the set screw l5 is pushed along the slot 22 so as to-'move the slide and the tooth brush l2 outwardly to expose the bristles of the brushtor use. lin this condition the tubular holder il acts as a handle. v

'llhe cap 9 is unscrewedfrom the recep tacle 7 and the mouth or discharge openin 8 applied to the bristles. rthe threaded bot 5 is thereupon turned by having resort to the headin such a wise as to cause the plunger el to progress axially through the? tube torcing the paste or other material bei'ore it and ejectine7 the same through the mouth 8 and onto the bristles., The operation of cleansing the teeth may be then begun.

By retracting the set screw i5 the slide and tooth brush are returned their initial position iWithin the holder li' Where the brush is sealed and protected against dust, germs, and the like rthe cap 3 carrying the tooth` paste acts as a closure Yfor the end of the tube near the bristles oiE brush..

lt is noted that the mouth of the paste receptacle l cxtends'inivardly oit the open end et the cap so that the latter protects the rescates cap from blows on surrounding objects that might cause its rupture or the discharge ot its contents. After the plunger lhas been advanced entirely through the receptacle 7 and its entire contents discharged, the receptacle may be removed by unscrewing it from the cap 3, and another tall receptacle substituted, the plunger i being, oi' course, retracted to its original position next the head 2. rl`he rib avoids rotation of the plunger i which otherwise might be carried around with the shalt 5 with a consequent loss oi' its axial movement.

-lt is obvious that various changes and modifications may be made in the details of construction and design olf the above specically described embodiment oi this invenn tion Without departing fromthe spirit thereof, such changes and modifications being restricted only by the scope of the :tol lowing claims.

lVVhat We claim for our invention is:

l. A cleansable sanitary tooth brush case with sliding inside holder which, While strongly holding the tooth brush place, readily ejects the same tor use, pc-irmittingl removal and'renewal of tooth brush with tooth paste or powdercontainer'attached, the entire article being one designed dor convenience and traveling,- hits or tor use of persons engaged in travelin.

2. A device of the character described comprising a tubular holder, a slide therein for removably receiving a tooth brush, and

means tor shifting the slide back and torth i to project and retract the brush.

3. device of the character described comprising an elongated tubular holder, a slide movable axially therein, means moving `with said slide tor removably attaching a tooth brush, and means on the exterior oia the tube tor moving said slide.

d. A device of the character comprisingi slotted elongated tube therein, means connected to the 5 y projecting through the slot in the t communicating movement to the slide, and means carried by the slide tor removably securing a tooth` brush thereto.

A device of the character comprising5 a tooth brush centaine, a cap therefor, a tooth cleansing materia holder removably secured within said c n, and means carried by the cafor expel r the contents ot :he holder, aid means operable from the exterior et the cap.

6. A device oi the character described comprising` a container for a tooth brush` a cap for ene end there-oil removably connected with the container, a paste or the like removejl ly connected within said cap, a plunger Within the tootl. paste holder expelling the contents thereof, and means for causing-the axial movement 'i' 1) H a oi: the plunger throuea 'the holder, said described holder t r tooth '.xt".

i means adapted to be actuated from the exterior of said cap.

7. A device of the character described comprising a tubular holder, a slide therein, a tooth brush removably carried by said slide, a cap for the holder, a receptacle to contain tooth paste or the like carried within said cap, and means also carried by the cap for expelling thecontents of said receptacle.

8. A device of the character described comprising a tubularholder, a slide Within the holder, claws carried by the slide for receiving the handle of a tooth brush, mea-ns coperating with one clawfor holding the tooth brush handle therein and also adapted to cause movement of the slide, resilient means associated with the other claw for holding the handle therein, removable caps for the ends of the tube, a receptacle for tooth paste and the like carried'within one cap, and means to expel the contents of the receptacle also carried by said cap.

Boston, Massachusetts, May 25th, 1920.

. .EDWARD M. PETERS. PAUL VILARDO. Witness as to Edward M. Peters:

N ORMA BURNELL. Witness as to Paul Vilardo:

H. A. Pm'nns. 

